Archive for the ‘Carbon’ Category

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New Climate Action May Impact Dividend Growth

Posted on October 11th, 2012 by B. Scott Sadler, CFA

Out-of-control firestorms in Colorado and 100-degree heat index in the nation’s capital served as an apt backdrop for an important court ruling on climate risk. The[...]

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Does the Increasing Energy Uncertainty for Japan Make Carbon Reduction a Foregone Conclusion?

Posted on July 31st, 2012 by Perrin Quarshie

According to published figures from the International Association for Energy Economics, Japan is the fifth largest emitter of CO2 in the world, and in 2009,[...]

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The Good News on CO2 Emissions You Haven’t Heard

Posted on May 7th, 2012 by Holbert Janson

Amid all the climate change gloom and doom you, may have missed one piece of good news. Everyone knows that CO2 emissions continue to climb[...]

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Leveling the (Carbon) Playing Field

Posted on February 15th, 2012 by B. Scott Sadler, CFA

The International Energy Agency’s annual World Energy Outlook, released in November, sent a stark message to the participants at the climate negotiations in Durban: “The[...]

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Startling the Global Community, Canada Withdraws from the Kyoto Convention

Posted on December 16th, 2011 by John Daly

Canada has announced its intention to withdraw from the Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions (GGE), sandbagging the other signatories to the convention. The Kyoto[...]

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How Carbon Capture and Storage Work

Posted on February 13th, 2011 by Sharon Shapiro

We are currently heading towards irreversible climate change. Too much CO2 in our atmosphere is leading to global warming, which is causing climate change. The[...]

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Offsetting the Costs of CO2 Capture and Storage by Energy Production from Saline Aquifers: a Novel Approach with Game Changing Impact

Posted on January 17th, 2011 by Sharon Shapiro

The current approach to carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) from, for example, pulverized coal-fired power plants, is not economically feasible without either large subsidies or[...]

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How To Offset Your Carbon Footprint

Posted on January 4th, 2011 by Sharon Shapiro

You’ve examined your life and calculated the size of your carbon footprint. You took steps to reduce energy-intensive practices – replacing inefficient windows that leaked[...]

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22 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Posted on January 4th, 2011 by Sharon Shapiro

How to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Your Car Maintenance – Replace your air, oil and fuel filters according to schedule. Tires - Keep your[...]

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How to Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

Posted on January 4th, 2011 by Sharon Shapiro

The average American produces 50,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. That amount of CO2 is like driving a flotilla of 4.3 cars everywhere you[...]

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